Birthday

Happy sunny Monday afternoon. I'm so glad to have Mr. Sun back once more. We've had 4 days of sunshine now, with a bit warmer temps these last 2 days. This card is made with a Northwoods stamp purchased from eBay some time back, and was much more difficult to color than I'd anticipated. I was trying to get some really good shading on the green landscape to show depth. I'd color, then go back, add more greens, tried different green families (from the Yellow Green family with which I started, a bit of the earthtone E's, then even going into the Green family). I finally decided I'd better quit before I totally hosed up the image. After finishing with the copics, I used a white colored pencil and a fine tip white Sharpie pen on the water, and around the areas I wanted to have snow. I used some Glossy Accents on the water to get a bit of glisten. Let that dry overnight. Then came back and touched the snow areas with a Liquid Applique pen (new to me, although I've had some applique pens for a while, never used them). While this was still wet, I sprinkled some MStewart coarse white glitter over it. Let that dry well too. I'm not going to put a sentiment on the front. Hunted up a snippet of Paper Studio textured silver paper, & used a S/Binder Mat Basics die to cut a frame. Glued frame to image using Aleene's Easy Flow glue. Had a just-right size of dark green textured Bazzil for the cardbase (?snippet!), scored & folded - then diecut the front with the next size larger S/Binder Mat Basics die. There's an A & B size set, and I'm not sure which one I used..just found a size that would work to do what I had envisioned. Hope you like this one. Have a lovely afternoon, and as always, thanks for stopping by to visit. I do so appreciate your looking in, and also if you feel like leaving me a comment or suggestion. Hugs. I'm off to the Playground to check on any activity that might be happenin'. Come along & join me if you will.